A frequent activated smoothened mutation in sporadic basal cell carcinomas

Oncogene

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 833-836

  Lam, Ching Wan ^a   Xie, Jingwu ^d   To, Ka Fai ^a   Ng, Ho Keung ^a   Lee, Kam Cheong ^b   Yuen, Nancy Wah Fun ^c   Lim, Pak Leong ^a   Chan, Lisa Yuen Shan ^a   Tong, Sui Fan ^a   McCormick, Frank ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Hedgehog; Mutation; Patched; Smoothened

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; LEUCINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CAUCASIAN; CODON; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0033590605     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202360     Document Type: Article

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